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I Thought Redis Would Save My API. Just 500 Requests Proved Me Wrong.
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Dev.to | Sep 13, 2026 | Aniruddha Gawali
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Just think about it for a second. 213 API requests hitting another external API at the exact same time. Out of all 500 requests, only one request goes to the external API. Once that request gets the response, every waiting request uses the same data instead of calling the external API again.
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